1. “My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.” — Pablo Picasso

2. “Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what’s important.” — Elle Macpherson

3. “I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.” — E. M. Forster

4. “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.” — Washington Irving

5. “Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There’s no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.” — Gail Tsukiyama

6. “I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.” — Mitch Albom

7. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” —Victor Hugo

8. “Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

9. “The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” — Jane Sellman

10. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark … to have been loved so deeply .. will give us some protection forever.” — J.K. Rowling

11. “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” — Princess Diana  

12. “Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder

13. “Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.” — Kate Winslet

14. “I see myself as mom first. I’m so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I’m happy.” — Angelina Jolie

15. “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” — Mark Twain

16. “It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.” — Roald Dahl

17. “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” — Maya Angelou

18. “Making a decision to have a child–it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” — Elizabeth Stone

19. “It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.” — Barbara Kingsolver

20. “When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” — Sophia Loren

21. “My mom and I have always been really close. She’s always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn’t have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.” — Taylor Swift

22. “Giving grace to yourself is never more important than when you become a mother.” — Whitney Meade

23. “Mothers are such a part of us that it can be hard to talk about them. We love them. We get mad at them. They teach us, even when we don’t realize it. We resist them. No matter what, they are part of us.” — Jane Gilgun

24. “Behind every famous and influential person there is a driving force and in many cases this driving force is the unfailing love and support of their mothers.” — Lisa Valentine

25. “Never undermine yourself because you are ‘just’ a house mom.”  — Tracey Taylor

Happy Mother’s Day from the Eavara team!